My sister got it done, She lost lots of weight but now is bigger than ever. I think you really need to address why you are larger in the 1st place and work through those issue. Yes it can work for many people but my sister is just an example of a case that it hasn't worked for... You should know that those cases are out there, you just may not hear about them because people don't like to talk about their failures as much as their successes.